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Meet Dr. Natarjan Asokan

• Dr. Asokan is Board certified in Pediatrics & Allergy-Immunology
• Has over 25 years of experience as a practicing physician
• Practiced pediatrics for over 13 years
• Has been working as an allergist-immunologist, treating both adults & Children for over 9 years
• Has had extensive training in India, United Kingdom and United States.
  

Dr. Natarajan Asokan completed his medical training in India in 1982 and obtained the Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from Stanley Medical College/ University of Madras, India. After completing two additional years of training in pediatrics in Madras Medical College, he obtained a Diploma in Child Health in 1987. His experience in India includes a year of training as a senior house surgeon at the world famous Christian Medical College Hospital, Vellore. He spent the next four years in the United Kingdom primarily in the field of pediatrics in the capacities of senior house officer and registrar at Wycombe General Hospital, highly acclaimed Kings College Hospital, London and New Cross Hospital near Birmingham.

He completed pediatric residency training in the USA from Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI in 1994 and was board-certified with high honors in pediatrics the same year by the American Board of Pediatrics. He spent an additional year from 1994 to 1995 as a fellow in neonatal and perinatal medicine at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN and worked as a pediatrician for the next three years in Parker, Arizona. From 1998 to 2000, he successfully completed training as a fellow in the field of allergy and clinical immunology from Texas Children's Hospital-Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. He is Board Certified with high honors (one of the top scorers in the nation) in allergy and clinical immunology by the American Board of Allergy and Immunology in 2001.

Qualifications:

Degree of Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery from the University of Madras, India .
Diploma in Child Health from University of Madras.
Diplomate, American Board of Pediatrics, 1994.
Recertified in Pediatrics, American Board of Pediatrics, 2001.
Diplomate, American Board of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2001.

Memberships in Organizations:

Fellow, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
Member, American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (AAAAI)
Member, American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI)
Member, European Academy of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (EAACI)

Publications:

Poster presentation involving a patient with combined Immunodeficiency with many atypical features at the annual AAAAI meeting in Orlando, Florida in 1999.

Poster presentation involving a patient with latex hypersensitivity and hemophilia at the annual meeting of American college of allergy, asthma and immunology in Chicago, IL in 1999.

Poster presentation involving a patient with common variable immunodeficiency and atypical mycobacterial infection at the annual meeting of American academy of allergy, asthma and immunology in San Diego, CA in 2000.

Nicotine delays arousal during hypoxemia in lambs, Pediatr Res. 2000 May;47(5):646-52.